Kids Week: Meet the Critters Inwood Hill Park 218th Street & Indian Road,
Join the Urban Park Rangers to meet the animals that call Inwood Hill Park home, from stick bugs to snakes.
Elemental Museum of the Moving Image 36-01 35 Avenue at 37 Street, Astoria
See a screening of Pixar’s 2023 release in a lovely theater. Brilliantly rendered flames, water drops, clouds, and soil come alive as characters inhabiting a New York–like metropolis. Director Sohn finds inspiration from his own immigrant family’s story while taking the opposites-attract theme to its extreme with a romance between Fire and Water. Sassy, loyal,…
🎟 $15, $11/seniors & students, $9/ages 3-17, free/3 and under
$1 Salt & Straw Scoops Salt & Straw 540 Hudson St,
A West Coast favorite ice cream brand is coming to NYC. Get $1 scoops of classics plus a preview of the New York menu outside their soon-to-be West Village shop. First come first served and all proceeds go to Hot Bread Kitchen.
🎟 $1
Family Art Making: Design a Chair Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 4 W 53rd Street,
Take inspiration from chairs featured in Crafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940–1980 to see how designers try out new ways to make familiar objects. Then make a model of your own design in this drop-in art-making session. Explore what makes a chair…a chair. Find more creative opportunities in the Art Lab: Line, Shape, Color daily 11…
🎟 $25/adults, $18/seniors, $14/students, free/ages 16 & under
Ribbon Dancing Bryant Park 42nd Street & Fifth Avenue,
Wave long ribbons in the air to create rainbows, waterfalls, dragons and ocean waves. Ribbon Dancing is as visually stunning as it is fun and easy to learn. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Ribbons will be available to borrow, but participants may also bring their own. Classes meet on the Upper Terrace of…
Open Hours at Brooklyn Bridge Park Environmental Education Center Brooklyn Bridge Park Environmental Education Center 99 Plymouth St, Brooklyn
Visitors of all ages can get to know Brooklyn Bridge Park with rotating monthly educational themes, a 250 gallon aquarium filled with critters from the East River, a 10’ scale model of Brooklyn Bridge Park, crafts, a reading corner, and much more. Enjoy self-led investigation with guidance by expert educators to reveal the hidden stories…
The Original Cupcake Tour of Greenwich Village The Original Cupcake Tour 8 Union Square W,
Sample the diversity of tasty cupcakes in NYC on a two-hour tour of trendy cupcake shops. All the sweets are included, plus build a custom cupcake.
🎟 $70, $40/ages 3-14, free/ages 2 & under
Spring Fling in the Park Madison Square Park Madison Avenue & E 24th Street,
Take in over 11,000 spring blooming bulbs and get a sneak peek of this year’s upcoming public programs with live music, lawn games, and other activities. While a book tricycle is still under construction, parkgoers can preview the books that will be available this summer. Children’s Storytime runs every half hour. Join the City Nature…
Little New-Yorkers New-York Historical Society 70 Central Park West at 77th Street,
Join museum educators in the lovely children's library for story time and crafts. Each class includes a special hello song, silly dances and games, a story book reading, and a craft to do after the story. Themes related to New York history and current exhibits change monthly.
🎟 $22/adults, $13/students, $6/ages 5-13
Intrepid Museum Astronomy Night Intrepid Museum Pier 86, W 46th Street & Twelfth Ave,
Enjoy free admission to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum plus fun-filled and educational experiences for the whole family. Join talks from leading scientists and activities from the Museum’s education department. Explore exhibit Apollo: When We Went to the Moon, Create astronaut self-portraits, build a lunar ladder and more. Local astronomers will be on…
Park Avenue Artists’ Spotlight Perelman Performing Arts Center 251 Fulton Street,
Enjoy an exciting mix of free live performances on the PAC NYC lobby stage. The Spotlight concert series, curated by the incredible Park Avenue Artists, shifts the focus onto the often unsung heroes of the music world – the background singers, band members and producers who breathe life into live music. Witness the hidden gems…
David Rubenstein Atrium Concerts David Rubenstein Atrium Broadway between W 62nd & 63rd Streets,
Lincoln Center presents weekly free concerts with artists from across the globe and community events for all in a spacious, welcoming atrium. Programming is for all ages (though some content is more mature, see the schedule), with room to dance in the back. Enter for shows on Broadway between W 62nd & 63rd St. No…
Spring Spectacular Show with Rapunzel & Ariel Wolfs Lane Park 1st St, Pelham
Juliette and Ella’s Playdate, NYC’s premiere music & movement class, joins Tig & Peach for a Disney-inspired spectacular. Sing and dance favorite Disney inspired songs with princesses Rapunzel & Ariel. This event is outdoors, so bring a blanket.
🎟 $45
Crisis Response Canines Meet and Great American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog 101 Park Ave at West 41st Street,
Meet FBI's Crisis Response Canines, Wally and Gio. Learn how the dogs support survivors and their work, life, and purpose breeding. Also, check out our special exhibition, The Dogs That Serve, which showcases the K-9 and handler bond through photography by Margaret Foxmoore of the NYPD Transit Bureau K-9 unit.
Art in the Park Mill River Park 1040 Washington Boulevard, Stamford
Immerse yourself in artistry at the Whittingham Discovery Cente with complimentary workshops guided by experienced art instructors. Create sculptures out of recycled materials. Presented by the Stamford Art Association.
Family Jazz Jam w/ Tahira Clayton The National Jazz Museum in Harlem 58 W 129th Street,
Little movers and shakers can make music at an interactive event led by vocalist Tahira Clayton and her band. Join singing, dancing, movement all while celebrating the joy of making music together as a community.
Vital’s The Wizard of Oz Actor's Temple Theatre 339 W 47th Street,
Enjoy a new take on a classic tale adapated by acclaimed Vital Theatre Company. Rediscover the joy of following the yellow brick road with Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the Cowardly Lion, and munchkin puppetry, as they travel through a re-imagined world of Oz.
🎟 $59.50-$69.50
Earth Celebration Week New York Hall of Science Flushing Meadow-Corona Park, Queens
Join NYSCI to celebrate the hope and promise that Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics gives as we address climate change. Daily activities include fun Opening and Closing Ceremonies and interactive workshops. Build an Animal Rescue Center and learn how to insulate spaces in Design Lab. Use wheat paste to make a collaborative sustainability-themed…
🎟 $16/adults, $13/kids, students & seniors
Teatro Sea Presents Mi Chivita Magica! Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling 898 St. Nicholas Ave at W 155th Street,
Hop aboard “La Chivita,” a magical bus that journeys through the heartland of Colombia. Audiences will join lovable characters who share traditional stories of their beloved homeland.
🎟 $7/adults, $5/ages 2-17
Ernest & Celestine Jacob Burns Film Center 364 Manville Road, Pleasantville
See a screening of a sweet 2012 animated film. Deep below snowy, cobblestone streets, tucked away in networks of winding subterranean tunnels, lives a civilization of hardworking mice, terrified of the bears who live above ground. Unlike her fellow mice, Celestine is an artist and a dreamer – and when she nearly ends up as…
🎟 $11, $9/children